Overview
- The State Special Operation Cell in Amritsar, working with a central agency, conducted a coordinated operation based on reliable inputs.
- Police seized 2 kg of heroin, four 9mm Glock pistols and ammunition during the arrests.
- Those held were identified as Shivam Arora, Gurpreet Singh, Anmoldeep Singh, Abhishek (also reported as Abhishekh) Singh, and Kulmit Singh from Amritsar and Tarn Taran.
- Preliminary inquiry indicates the group operated under a Dubai-based smuggler in contact with Pakistani associates, with the consignment suspected to have originated in Pakistan.
- An FIR was lodged at SSOC Amritsar under NDPS Sections 21 and 29, Arms Act Section 25, and BNS Section 61(2), and the accused will be produced in court as police pursue the wider network and linkages.